had some 450+ dollars in a 'travel funds' account on southwest from a cancelled trip ..... they were to expire on sunday and i read the terms wrong thinking i could book by sunday and fly whenever.. well that wasnt the case, i had to book and fly by the expiration date

called up the customer care ppls at southwest, real friendly and with a reasonable fee taken from the funds (reasonable compared to getting zero) i was able to obtain a 6 month extension which should make payin for burning man flight much easier!

so.. by this time next week i should get my voucher thing and be able to buy my plane tickets.. hooray.

Pictures or it didn't happen GreycoyoteI a recovering swagaholic I have to resist my grabby nature VultureChowThose aren't buttermilk biscuits I'm lying on SavannahWe're out there to play like adults with no adult supervision CaptG

But, I've been working on stuff. The Land Yacht moved under it's own power today for the first time since '08. And I spent at least two hours pressure washing it - it was put away wet and neglected for the last 5 years.

GreyCoyote: "At this rate it wont be long before he is Admiral Fukkit."Delle: Singularly we may be dysfunctional misfits, but together we're magic.

Lemur, Step tickets are all picked up at will-call. You just need an email address.

Pictures or it didn't happen GreycoyoteI a recovering swagaholic I have to resist my grabby nature VultureChowThose aren't buttermilk biscuits I'm lying on SavannahWe're out there to play like adults with no adult supervision CaptG

But, I've been working on stuff. The Land Yacht moved under it's own power today for the first time since '08. And I spent at least two hours pressure washing it - it was put away wet and neglected for the last 5 years.

I've been toying with the idea of a wheel of misfortune. You spin it and it tells you where you must go immediately. Or what you have to do right now. It would be made of a bicycle rim. They spin freely. And you can easily find a free one.

Pictures or it didn't happen GreycoyoteI a recovering swagaholic I have to resist my grabby nature VultureChowThose aren't buttermilk biscuits I'm lying on SavannahWe're out there to play like adults with no adult supervision CaptG

If you don't find me before, then just climb aboard after the Meet & Grope at Doc Pyros' on Wednesday! The First Mate is from Florida too.If you see the boat and yell "Captain Goddammit" I'll hit the brakes... there's room to toss your bike on, if you're riding one. There's usually ice, tequila, and margarita mix, and a blender in the cabin. The compass and radar are broken though...

GreyCoyote: "At this rate it wont be long before he is Admiral Fukkit."Delle: Singularly we may be dysfunctional misfits, but together we're magic.

Ratty wrote:I've been toying with the idea of a wheel of misfortune. You spin it and it tells you where you must go immediately. Or what you have to do right now. It would be made of a bicycle rim. They spin freely. And you can easily find a free one.

Oh that might work!!

maladroit- Burning Man is like a second job, except you pay to work there.Burning Man is just the pre party for exodus! - fellow burner during exodus

I have been slacking big bigtime the last couple weeks, but today I realized that I'm running out of time fast!!! I still have so much to do!!!! So I'm editing and working on my need vs want list, gotta make sure all the needs are met before I get more of the "want" stuff

Ratty wrote:I've been toying with the idea of a wheel of misfortune. You spin it and it tells you where you must go immediately. Or what you have to do right now. It would be made of a bicycle rim. They spin freely. And you can easily find a free one.

Oh that might work!!

For something like twister I would get a wheel off a kids bike so its only about 13" unless you want it large... I just think handheld would be better than a 22" wheel

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.

Ratty wrote:I've been toying with the idea of a wheel of misfortune. You spin it and it tells you where you must go immediately. Or what you have to do right now. It would be made of a bicycle rim. They spin freely. And you can easily find a free one.

Oh that might work!!

For something like twister I would get a wheel off a kids bike so its only about 13" unless you want it large... I just think handheld would be better than a 22" wheel

Picked up 4 yards of this cool fabric yesterday. My first thought was vest and maybe hat but now I'm thinking pants. If you have a JoAn fabric near you, they are having a good sale (this was half price) and are giving an extra 20% off this weekend for Vets. So in stead of $10 a yard it was $4

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Lemur, Step tickets are all picked up at will-call. You just need an email address.

yeah but larry wants an address to go with the registration on his large tracking thing known as a BURNER PROFILE...... you cant get to the STEP thing without filling that crap out and i didnt wanta put old stuff or fake stuff

Just put your relatives address. It's not like they are gonna mail you a fireball. Get into step. It can't hurt.

Pictures or it didn't happen GreycoyoteI a recovering swagaholic I have to resist my grabby nature VultureChowThose aren't buttermilk biscuits I'm lying on SavannahWe're out there to play like adults with no adult supervision CaptG

171/348 wrote:Picked up 4 yards of this cool fabric yesterday. My first thought was vest and maybe hat but now I'm thinking pants. If you have a JoAn fabric near you, they are having a good sale (this was half price) and are giving an extra 20% off this weekend for Vets. So in stead of $10 a yard it was $4

Love that fabric!

I hope you make pants AND a hat. Either really tight pants, or really loose flowy pants, nothing in between.

When you have fabric that fabulous I'm of the opinion that you have to make two things. One item is great, but two things become a Look.

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Captain Goddammit wrote:You can tell it's not a fridge because there's no access hatch on the exterior behind it. No hot water faucet on sink means no hot water heater, which is kinda' moot cuz no shower. Let me tell ya', your own nice hot shower is solid gold on the playa! If it had a grey water tank it would be under the rear of the camper, you'd see it and the drain valve. Really, I'd pass on it. And I'm no snooty rich guy.

PM me about whatever camper you are gonna look at, I've had a lot of them, I'll have a look and tell ya' what things to look for, where the hidden damage and rot is, etc.Always check the fridge, that's the most expensive item in the thing and in an old camper it's probably worth more than the whole rest of the thing. Physically verify that it gets cold. If it smells like ammonia, it's history. If it doesn't work, don't believe anything the seller says about why, or about how easy or cheap to fix it is. It isn't. And if it was, he'd have done it. If it works on propane but not on AC or DC, no big deal, you'll run it on propane all the time anyway.

I had an old Bell... those things were well equipped nice rigs. For the money, if that thing is as decent as it appears in the photos and the stuff in it works, I think you might have found a great unit! But check the fridge, if it's original it's pretty dam old, and like I said, those camper fridges are expensive. I always throw in a few ice chests just in case mine dies on the playa, since ice is available. One year I had a camper fridge die just before Burning Man; replacing it was beyond financial sanity, so I got a similar-size electric mini fridge from Home Depot for like $150. That meant I had to keep the generator on 24/7 but it worked.

It will be heavy. Your Ford can do it, I carried one like it on my '76. Rancho 9000 shocks set on full stiff helped, and some overload springs or airbags did too. But your truck will haul it even as-is.

Next thing to think about is camper tie-down brackets...

Figjam is right, it's awful old for a camper, they do fall apart, but if it's been stored under cover and isn't soft and rotted, I don't think you'll have an easy time finding one that decent for that little money. And I disagree that you can build one that cheap, that has everything that rig has. Figjam's got a good point about older-than-about-1980 too... earlier campers often have no waste-water containment tanks.... check it carefully, it's damn old in camper-years, buy if it's really, really nice.

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GreyCoyote: "At this rate it wont be long before he is Admiral Fukkit."Delle: Singularly we may be dysfunctional misfits, but together we're magic.

Fun-looking fabric, which reminds me we need to go hit up our wholesale joint. I need to check and see what kind of hides they have, and then generally scope out what's new and what kind of deals they've got going on over the next few weeks.

My raptor nails for workholding came in as hoped on Friday, so hooray for that. Then yesterday I had a fruitful trip to the lumber yard, picked up a great piece of wood that I'll cut up into smaller panels for a project on the laser cutter. We were both up bright and early this morning and finally got the chance to discuss what we wanted to do on a t-shirt project, and I was able to get an order in for both shirts and supplies (inks & screens) for what I want to do. Now to go get my ass in gear and get stuff prepped for today's work on the laser cutter and shopbot...